Should 'The Dark Knight Rises' Be Considered for a Best Picture Oscar?

You obviously like people to agree with you. I do not live in Arkyham, or any other asylum. Generally speaking, people whom you feel free to insult will never agree with you.

What happened to acting today? If I had to choose an action film for consideration, The Amazing Spiderman would be a better choice.

...no it wouldn't. That film was kind of dreadful. It had a few good moments, but overall? Bleh, very forgettable.

It was a really good movie but not as great as The Avengers

It was so good. I can't even begin to express it in words.

It is definitley worthy of Oscar consideration. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and the entire cast should be considered as well!

This movie was absolutely terrible as a batman movie. THEY COULDA CALLED IT ANYTHING and it would have passed! It woulda been a good movie if they hadn't slapped batman onto it. It has nothing to do with batman

I have read the comics. Bane's strength comes from the steroid thing. Which wasn't present. Batman was nothing like batman, he blew stuff up more than he fought people.

On top off that he hardly ever does that much detective work.

Exactly. Good, so you've read the detective comics? Those were great.

It wasn't that good. I know I'm going to upset a lot of people who decided they LOVED it before they even saw it because of lingering fondness from the first two -- but it was just a big mess. A lot of grandiose ideas, a lot of beautiful scenes, but none of it worked together. That's the problem with Nolan's Batman's in general. I get that he wants to make it more real, more human, less comic-book. But it's a really hard thing to mix and it left plot holes in its wake. I honestly didn't even care about the characters after a while -- there was no connection to any of them. Even as much as Joseph Gordon-Levitt amazed me with his performance, I still could have cared less for his plight. Not enough Catwoman, she felt like a plot device. Not enough Batman, instead we got emo Bruce Wayne. Bane really just made no sense, awesome to look at, but pointless. The fight scenes were underwhelming and/or ridiculous; and I don't think Nolan understands how nuclear weapons work. SIGH. I wanted so much from this film. I feel like I was sucker-punched. Rant over.

I'm hearing similar sentiments from a lot of my diehard Batman buddies. :/ I'm thinking to netflix this one...

Probably a good idea. It is worth watching, if you're a fan of the first two. Finishing out the trilogy is a fine idea. It's just -- such a "meh" way to go. It asks for the audience to make a lot of leaps that frankly, we shouldn't be making, because they don't make sense. There's enough to redeem it and make it good for Netflix, though. :)

Well thanks for taking the time to elaborate on your reasoning..... :)

YES. Bruce is sooo emo, and Bane was just goofy. Batman is supposed to be BADASS and he was not. I do NOT like Christian Bale as Batman, he's skinny and has that dumb voice and just isn't batman.

It is one of the best movies I seen in awhile

I didn't think the Dark Knight Rises was that good of a movie. The Avengers has my vote.

Not due to the incident in Colorado or the quality of the film. "Best" anything awards dolled out every time we turn around cheapens what is truely deserving of recognition.

Considered yes, but Hollywood is all about industry politics now, there are still a bunch of movies i am looking forward to this summer but yeah i would say it desrves consideration at the very least.

What is "The Dark Knight Rises AGAIN"?

It's amazing.

Fuuuuuuuuck no. It was an enjoyable film. But I film with that many plot holes should never be an oscar winner.

As hard as it is to say this, no. I don't think the third film was as good as the second.

for your consideration....

But the Academy Members should only vote based on the quality of the movie -- not the tragic events surrounding the screening.

Correct. It's kind of a shame that no matter what happens to this movie in the future it will always be overshadowed by that lunatic and what he did.

if it is good enough of course, ... if it sucks but has an openly gay theme, of course

The movie was terrible, Nolan ruined what could have been a good batman series.

I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice problems with this film and this series. I had a discussion about this the other day with someone.

I'm not as fatalistic as some, but there were flaws with this series and notably the last film. First off, Batman isn't freaking Batman. Batman is driven by the death of his parents, not his pining puppy love for a grade school crush. Second, Batmans mission isn't over. This film ends correctly in one of two ways. Either Batman saves the day and returns full time to his mission realizing that he can't let it go or his obsession kills him. Batman doesn't fake his death and retire to Italy.

And don't get me started on "Robin".

Should be awarded all oscars. My opinion.

If it's good enough.

I haven't seen it yet but I don't think that what some nut case does during a showing of it affects it's quality.

and beeker can present the award!